Placket-closure.



M.L. PERROTTETK. 1 PLAGKET GLosURE.

4. APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 15, 1902.-

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NiTED STATES f Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PLAcKET-cLosuRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,681, dated May12,1903. Application nea nach 15,1902. serai No.' 98,289. (Nomade.)

York and State of New York, have invented certain new andusefullmprovements in Placket-Closures, of which the following is aspecification. Y

This invention relates to placket-closures to for closing theplacket-openings in dresses,

skirts, andsim'ilar articles of wearing-apparel; and the object of theinvention is to provide .a placket-closure simple in construction,durable in use, inexpensive to manufacture, and effective for thepurpose for which it is designed, and which can be readilyplaced inposition and whenrin position will not be noticeable, the present devicebeing an improvement upon that shown and dezo scribed in my priorpatent, No. 650,865, dated .I une 5, 1900. Y

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a View of this improved placket-fastener. Fig. 2 Vis anenlarged perspective View of the jointed end thereof. Fig. 3 is aview'of the placketfastener applied to a skirt, the fastener being shownin dotted lines; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view` of theplacket-fastener 3o and skirt.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

I am aware that various forms of placket- 3 5 closures have beenpatented; but they have not come into general use owing, in my opinion,either to defects in organization orto disadvantages in attaching orusing the same, so that it is still a common practiceforwomen 4o toattempt to close the plackets of their skirts by hooks and eyes,which,as is well known, on the gathering of the skirt in order to hold it freeof the ground are insufficient to maintain the plackets closed, so thatthey gape These hooks and eyes are usually located between the beltand-the lower end of the placket and frequently become unhooked in thepulling of the skirt to raise it. Placketfasteners provided withfastening devices 5o similar to those used with gloves have also beenused, but for various reasons they have not been found practicable.

To provide a simple easily constructed and attached placket-fastenerwhich will positively maintain the placket closed when the belt or bandot' the skirt is hooked is the object of the present invention, and forthis purpose I have provided an improved device, which itself isunprovided with means for maintaining it closed, whereby the cost ofconstruction is materially reduced, such means being carriedby theskirt, belt, or band, and which can be in the form of hooks and eyes, somuch preferred bythe women.

This. improved placket-fastener comprises a pair of strips or members2-and 3, formed of any suitable material, usually of resilient material.These strips are shown of the same length, and each is provided at itslower end with an eye or opening 4, through which eX- tends a fasteningdevice in the form of a ring or hoop-shaped 5 for connecting the stripstogether, whereby they may be moved atwise or edgewise relatively toeach other. By means of this simple connection I am able to provide aplacket-fastener which will have a universal movement-that is, amovement in all directions-andwhich will at the same time maintain thetwo'strips in proper position relative to each other at their lower endswithout the necessity of providing a complicated joint liable to breakor get out of order. These eyes or openings 4 may in practice have theiredges suitably reinforced to prevent the sharp edges of the metal fromcutting the ring. Inattachingthisimprovedplacket-fastener each strip islocated in a pocket 6 of the skirt.v It may be otherwise attached, ifdesired. The

upperends of the strips are sewedto or within the skirt belt or band?,suitable holes 8 being provided in the strips for this, purpose,

and which are likewise reinforced'to prevent the cutting of the thread.Thelower ends of the device may project' below the pockets on theinterior of the skirt, if preferred,although this is not necessary. l.

To fasten the ends ofthe belt, the usual hooks and eyes 9 may beprovided.

When the skirt belt or band is properly hooked, it will be seen that asthe upper ends of the placket-fastener are attached to or located withinthe belt such ends are rigidly held together in the same manner as thebelt IOO itself, so that the gaping open of the placket on the gatheringup of the skirt for the purpose of holding it free of the ground is notpossible, although the placket-fastener itself is not provided with anyfastening means. lt is well known that owing to the tension and strainupon the skirt belt or band the hooks rarely, it' ever, becomeunfastened, so that the strips are always maintained in overlappingposition.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the present placketfastener isof very simple construction, comprised of but three partsto wit, a pairof strips and a ring-the strips being free for movement in alldirections, and which device can be attached quickly and easily, andwhen in position in the manner indicated the gaping of the placket isnot possible, while at the same time, owing to the resiliency of thematerial of which the strips are formed, the position of the strips, themode of attaching them, and the relatively short length thereof, whichis materially eX- aggerated in the drawings, the movements of the wearerwill not in any way be interfered with.

In practice one strip is preferably inserted in its pocket so that itwill be relatively re; mote to the outer edge thereof, as indicated atdotted lines c, Fig. 3, so that when such strips are overlapped one sideof the placket will overlap the other to a considerable eX- tent.Furthermore, when the lower ends of the strip project below the pocketsthe inner side of one pocket may be cut away diago- 'massi nally, whilethe inner side of the other pocket may be straight, as shown by dottedlines d, Fig. 3, to facilitate the movements of the strips.

Having described my invention, I claim- A skirt or analogous garmenthaving a placket-opening and a waistband provided with means forfastening the ends in overlapping position, in combination with aplacketfastener comprising a pair of relatively long, wide stripsfastened one to each edge of the placket and each having its upper endattached to an appreciable part of such band so that when the band isfastened and under strain the strips will be maintained in juxtapositionflatwise, and so that such ends cannot spring apart, and each of suchstrips having at its lower end a relatively large, rein forced openingextending transversely of said strip, said openings registering, and aring passing through said openings transversely of the plane of suchstrips and permanently connecting the strips together at such ends andeffective to maintain said strips in overlapping position when the handis fastened and under strain, said openings and ring loeing of a size tofacilitate the free movement of the strips independently of the ring andof the strips independently of each other in different directions, whenthe band is unfas tened, so that the placket is pliable.

MARIE LOUISE PERROTTET. Witnesses:

C. A. WEED, JOHN O. SEIFERT.

